A Blogger's Life, Part Two

A Blogger’s Life, Part Two

Sticks and stones may break my bones, depending on the size of the sticks, poundage of the stones, and fragility of my aging bones, but nasty comments on my blogs will never hurt me. In fact, they provide some of the most entertaining features associated with blogging.

It’s a rotten job but someone has to do it and they make it all worthwhile.

As mentioned in Part One, most of the negativity on my articles emanates from those who feel I’ve been unfair in some way to two particular groups–our brother and sister homosexuals and blacks.

I neglected to mention a third group, those of the Jewish persuasion, the result of an intermittent series posted here on the 1967 USS Liberty “incident” in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula.

Anyone familiar with the background of what happened on June 8, 1967 will know that the details of that unprovoked attack by the Israeli Air Force–sworn testimony by crew members and others–have been contested, largely for political reasons, to avoid antagonizing Israel.

Indeed, the reactions to my various Liberty articles . . .
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A Blogger's Life, Part One

A Blogger’s Life, Part One

Contrary to popular opinion, blogging is not all Leslie Gore’s sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. Nor is it all brickbats, grenades, and tornadoes.

Then again, when a blogger deals in controversial topics he can’t very well expect either universal plaudits or universal condemnation.

This blogsite tries to cover it all, from all the “problems in America”–which are multitudinous–to some less-encompassing “solutions for America,” which is a tall order on both counts, an order that also falls short on more than a few counts.

The articles here, 98% of which are original pieces, have been sourced, written, edited, and posted by one man, yours truly. With almost 1500 articles now in the hopper over the course of about 2 years, I can’t say all–or any–would be Pulitzer Prize winners out in the print world.

However, much of the tripe passed off as print journalism is literally not worth the newsprint on which it appears and as Dems like to say, I tried to do my best. It’s the effort that counts, right?

And, not that I’d admit to consistently stirring the controversy pot, but certain articles have evoked considerable reaction both on-site and in the dozen or so other website venues on which I’ve re-posted for greater exposure.

Hey! Given the competition in the blogworld–almost 23 million as of 9 months ago according to the World Street Journal, which should mean close to 25 million today–it’s a blog eat blog world so re-posting is a necessity. Whatever works.

At least I don’t have to say I’m one of the nearly half a million people who earn their daily bread by blogging: http://bit.ly/QXzMt

An interesting sidebar . . .

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